P4 vs. Core 2 Duo for a strictly gaming rig

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Agustus_61

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Was just chatting with a co-worker about this and I really didn't know the answer so thought I'd drop a note here.

When building strictly a gaming PC - no apps used like Photoshop, Excel, etc., would it make more sense to use a P4 than a Core 2 Duo processor? Do games make use of Core 2 Duo processors? The highest Core 2 Duo processors are rated at 2.66Mhz for each core. Whereas there are P4 processors that are rated at 3.8Mhz.

If games don't make use of the Core 2 Duo technology, then it would seem to me that the P4 3.8 would make more sense (and at considerable savings too). Is this the case?

Thanks in advance for your responses.
 
NOPE, intel's core 2 duo's use a new 'core architecture' as apposed to the Pentium's 'netburst architecture'

The core architecture is so good right now, that even the lowest clock speeds would completly own the highest pentium 4 available.

The core 2 duo's also run cooler(and use less power i think)

And as new games come out, they will be written to take advantage of the 2 cores, which means your performance will be huge.

The core 2 duo's are the best cpu's available at the moment and you would be a fool to buy a pentium 4 over one.
 
Agustus_61 said:
Was just chatting with a co-worker about this and I really didn't know the answer so thought I'd drop a note here.

When building strictly a gaming PC - no apps used like Photoshop, Excel, etc., would it make more sense to use a P4 than a Core 2 Duo processor? Do games make use of Core 2 Duo processors? The highest Core 2 Duo processors are rated at 2.66Mhz for each core. Whereas there are P4 processors that are rated at 3.8Mhz.

If games don't make use of the Core 2 Duo technology, then it would seem to me that the P4 3.8 would make more sense (and at considerable savings too). Is this the case?

Thanks in advance for your responses.
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Core 2 Duo. Core 2 Duo is better as it can process ALOT more information than any other Intel processor. Pentium 4's were designed badly, from being very un-overclockable, not very fast, to lots of heat. The new Core 2 Duo archetecture is great at overclocking, extremely fast, and is cooling and efficient. Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, and Quad 2 Core are also in there.
 
The core 2's have higher bus speeds and newer technologies, the clock isn't rated as high as a 3.8 p4, but you don't need such a high clock since information is processed much quicker in a dual core processor, most newer games are written to take advantage of multi-threading and therefore it does indeed make more sense to use a core 2 duo.

the core 2 duo's are very good chips and score very well all across the board including for gaming. The p4's are good chips IMO but if you are building a new gaming rig, you will want to run direct x 10 and p4's don't run that well on vista. my p4 is a 3.06ghz with hyper threading which in theory does the work of 2 cores without having a second physical core. my laptops are all running core 2 duo's one @ 1.8 ghz, 1 @ 1.5 ghz and 1 @ 2.4 ghz and even the 1.5 ghz core 2 just tears the p4 a new one performance wise.
 
Thanks for the responses folks. I'm more into video card technology than CPU's. But figured there was a reason no one was buying P4's over core 2 duo's for strictly gaming. Just couldn't outline the specifics as to why. Thanks again!
 
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